How to use the fully assembled clap switch

DIY CLAP SWITCH

We are now selling fully assembled CLAP SWITCH(shipped from Sydney, Australia). Click here to visit the product page. 

If you have come to this page from a search engine, we recommend you to visit the page about DIY clap switch. In this article, we are going to describe how you can use the “do-it-yourself(DIY) clap switch” to light up 100-240V appliances. When we say 100-240V appliance used with a clap switch, it is usually a bulb/lamp/CFL(Compact Fluorescent Lamp) tube. This article is for absolute beginners, so, we will try to explain all the small details. (more…)

5 beginners projects that work in the first attempt

Just started electronics ? And you don’t know any engineering behind your projects and you are afraid of failure ? Then, this article can help you get started in electronics.

Usually, success in initial projects plays important role in electronics amateurs and engineering students’ career. Many students quit electronics because they fail in their first, second projects. After few failures, student keep a misconception that electronic projects working now might not work later. Thus, I recommend beginners to start with those projects which will work in their first attempt and give inspiration from your own work.

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How to use C51 4 Bits Digital Electronic Clock DIY Kit

This is a very popular digital click for beginners. It is a DIY Kit. It is now available at BuildCircuit Store. It is based on AT89C2051-24PU.

Basic Functions:

1. Hour and minute display & minute and second display

2. Two alarms set up

There is a buzzer that works as an alarm. When the clock reaches hours…like 1:00, 12:00, etc., it will beep for 3 times. The alarm beep is optional, you can disable it.

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Dark sensor on breadboard

The circuit is ready for testing. Connect battery terminals and see the output. As you block light falling on LDR(Light dependent resistor), the LED glows.

OUTPUT:

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THIS CIRCUIT IS EXTREMELY SENSITIVE TO DARKNESS. EXPERIMENT THE CIRCUIT IN A HIGHLY ILLUMINATED ROOM.

LED GLOWS EVEN IN LESS DARKNESS. Use torch light if the LED glows in less darkness. You can adjust the sensitivity of the circuit using a variable resistor in place of R3-300Ohm. Try this circuit with other resistances as well, for example, 1K, 10K and 100K, etc.

The simplest and the cheapest FM transmitter- Do-it-yourself(DIY) kit for amateurs

Here’s one of the easiest, simplest and the most popular FM transmitter for amateurs and electronics beginners. With this DIY kit, you can transmit your voice or audio over an ordinary FM radio within the FM broadcast band. It is a DIY kit designed by Sagar Sapkota. You can buy this kit from BuildCircuit Store. The best thing about this transmitter is that you don’t have to make your own inductor for this kit. Making an inductor is bit hard for amateurs. Besides, this kit is not only capable of transmitting voice using microphone but also transmitting music from your music player. (more…)

Digital object counter DIY kit

We are now selling CD4026 and CD4029 up and down counter modules.

This kit is based on my previous tutorial on ‘digital object counter‘. I had published the tutorial under ‘minibread’ category. Please check the tutorial. 

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Digital object counter

In that tutorial, you can see that there is only one seven segment display and there is no reset switch. Well, that was extremely basic circuit.

What’s new?

Digital object counter

My new DIY digital object counter works with TSOP4838 infrared receiver   and there are two seven segment displays displaying numbers from 0 to 99.   An IR transmitter is oriented towards the TSOP4838 infrared receiver of counter module and objects are moved between the counter and transmitter modules. Each time an object passes between the two modules, the seven segment displays show increment in numbers. The counter module can be reset to 0 at any time and restart the counting.

Watch the video below:

The counter can be reset to 0 by pressing the reset switch(see on video). The counter stops counting if the IR rays is continuously falling on the IR sensor. As soon as an object obstructs the IR signal, the counter immediately counts the interruption.

The distance between the counter module and the IR transmitter should be around 1 meter.

The module can also be tested with general remote control. Thus, you can also call it as a simple remote tester. For each press on your remote control, there is increment in number.

Power supply: The counter works with a 9V battery and the IR transmitter works from 6V to 9V.

Counter operating with a remote control:

Schematic of counter module:

Counter

When TSOP4838 infrared receiver receives infrared signal, it triggers BC557 and switches on LED2. This trigger also charges the RC circuit network made up of C1(100uF), R3(1K) and R4(1K) and switches on the transistor BC547 for a few seconds. Transistor Q1 switches on the LED1 and gives clock signal to IC1(CD4026). For each clock, CD4026 drives the seven segment display and increases the numbers on the display.

Pin number 5 of IC1 is connected to pin 1 of IC2 for chaining the two CD4026 chips. For adding one more digit, the pin 5 of IC2 should be connected to pin 1 of IC3.

Schematic of IR transmitter module:

IR transmitter schematic

GO TO IR TRANSMITTER ASSEMBLY INSTRUCTIONS PAGE

IR transmitter is based on astable mode of 555 timer. The 555 timer, resistors and capacitor on the transmitter module output IR rays at 37.974Khz(approximately 38Khz). The TSOP4838 infrared module operates at 38KHz infrared frequency, however, that is not so strict with these kinds of basic experiments. It actually operates at frequencies between 30Khz to 40Khz.

Use astable mode frequency calculator for finding out the frequency of 555 timer. While using the online calculator, enter R1=18K, R2=10K and C1= 0.001uF, you will get 37.974 KHz.

How to use the kit

Place the two kits facing each other in a straight line. The IR receiver(on the counter module) and the IR LED(on the transmitter module) can be kept in a line of sight(straight line). When you move an object in between the two kits, the counter module counts the number of interruptions in the line of sight.

Behavior 1: When you place the IR receiver and the IR LED in a straight line, the two 3mm LEDs on the counter module are switched on and it counts as soon as there is an object in the line of sight.

Object counter

Behavior 2: When you place the IR receiver and the IR LED close to each other but not in a straight line, the two 3mm LEDs on the counter module are switched off and the counter counts as soon as an object moves away from the line of sight.

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Please watch the following video to be more clear:

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